My name is Gary Froeschner. I recently purchased a 1976 Montgomery 17. I bought it in St. Paul, MN and towed it to my house in Columbia, MO. It is my first sailboat. I recently completed the first ASA course - Basic Keel Boat Sailing 101. So - I'm new at all of this. I will be sailing the boat primarily at The Lake of the Ozarks in MO, but plan on towing it other places too. The boat needs a fair amount of work. I have a boat load of questions. I hope I can have her ready for next season.
Gary: You may or may not be in luck (depends on your perspective), but I also live in Columbia and have been sailing a 1978 M17 for several years. With a boat of this age, I also have some experience with fixing things. Be happy to talk to you about it. I primarily sail at Mark Twain, but have trailered to Stockton, along with several trips to the Chesapeake. Send me a note off list and I'll give you a call. Howard M17 #278 (Made in Feb 1978). On Dec 10, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Gary Froeschner wrote:
My name is Gary Froeschner. I recently purchased a 1976 Montgomery 17. I bought it in St. Paul, MN and towed it to my house in Columbia, MO. It is my first sailboat. I recently completed the first ASA course - Basic Keel Boat Sailing 101. So - I'm new at all of this. I will be sailing the boat primarily at The Lake of the Ozarks in MO, but plan on towing it other places too. The boat needs a fair amount of work. I have a boat load of questions. I hope I can have her ready for next season.
Hello Howard. Wow - I didn't expect such a reply so quick. Good to know there is someone in Columbia with a Montgomery. I definitely have a lot of questions. In general this is what I need to fix on my boat. Clean & recoat the centerboard. Replace the center board stop pin. Looks like it got busted out of the keel from a hard center board drop. Replace or repair the mainsail. I am all ready receiving some quotes. This boat had a plumbed in head with a holding tank. The toilet bowel is broken off and gone. Need to find a replacement, or not??? Probably most of the running rigging has to be replaced. It's 36 years old. Other than that, she's in pretty good shape - I think???? Look forward to communicating with you. Thanks for your reply. Tell me a little about your boat. Gary Froeschner 573 875 0210 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Audsley" <haudsley@tranquility.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 11:20 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: New owner Gary: You may or may not be in luck (depends on your perspective), but I also live in Columbia and have been sailing a 1978 M17 for several years. With a boat of this age, I also have some experience with fixing things. Be happy to talk to you about it. I primarily sail at Mark Twain, but have trailered to Stockton, along with several trips to the Chesapeake. Send me a note off list and I'll give you a call. Howard M17 #278 (Made in Feb 1978). On Dec 10, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Gary Froeschner wrote:
My name is Gary Froeschner. I recently purchased a 1976 Montgomery 17. I bought it in St. Paul, MN and towed it to my house in Columbia, MO. It is my first sailboat. I recently completed the first ASA course - Basic Keel Boat Sailing 101. So - I'm new at all of this. I will be sailing the boat primarily at The Lake of the Ozarks in MO, but plan on towing it other places too. The boat needs a fair amount of work. I have a boat load of questions. I hope I can have her ready for next season.
Well that should keep you out of trouble this winter! Here are a couple sites to view: http://m17-375.webs.com/svaudasea.htm Once upon a time, we had a short lived website for Montgomery boats. I participated, writing a blog about my repairs. When the website went down, I gave Dave permission to post them on his site. Then there is the MSOG: http://www.msog.org/models/m17/modelm17.cfm and http://www.msog.org/how-to/how-to.cfm http://www.msog.org/specs/specs.cfm On the latter page, there are a couple surveys done on similar boats. They all tend to have the same "issues", so these surveys are a good place to go looking for trouble. Once you get them in shape, they are great boats. I'm not a racer by nature, but do race some and have won some trophies. Howard 573-819-6969 cell On Dec 10, 2012, at 12:12 PM, Gary Froeschner wrote:
Hello Howard. Wow - I didn't expect such a reply so quick. Good to know there is someone in Columbia with a Montgomery. I definitely have a lot of questions.
In general this is what I need to fix on my boat.
Clean & recoat the centerboard. Replace the center board stop pin. Looks like it got busted out of the keel from a hard center board drop. Replace or repair the mainsail. I am all ready receiving some quotes. This boat had a plumbed in head with a holding tank. The toilet bowel is broken off and gone. Need to find a replacement, or not??? Probably most of the running rigging has to be replaced. It's 36 years old.
Other than that, she's in pretty good shape - I think????
Look forward to communicating with you. Thanks for your reply.
Tell me a little about your boat.
Gary Froeschner 573 875 0210
----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Audsley" <haudsley@tranquility.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 11:20 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: New owner
Gary:
You may or may not be in luck (depends on your perspective), but I also live in Columbia and have been sailing a 1978 M17 for several years. With a boat of this age, I also have some experience with fixing things. Be happy to talk to you about it. I primarily sail at Mark Twain, but have trailered to Stockton, along with several trips to the Chesapeake.
Send me a note off list and I'll give you a call.
Howard M17 #278 (Made in Feb 1978).
On Dec 10, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Gary Froeschner wrote:
My name is Gary Froeschner. I recently purchased a 1976 Montgomery 17. I bought it in St. Paul, MN and towed it to my house in Columbia, MO. It is my first sailboat. I recently completed the first ASA course - Basic Keel Boat Sailing 101. So - I'm new at all of this. I will be sailing the boat primarily at The Lake of the Ozarks in MO, but plan on towing it other places too. The boat needs a fair amount of work. I have a boat load of questions. I hope I can have her ready for next season.
Hello Gary, Welcome to sailing! Congratulations on the new boat. I have been sailing most my life, but am new to the Montgomery. I have a 2011 M15. So far I love it. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Froeschner" <gfroesch@tranquility.net> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 9:08 AM Subject: M_Boats: New owner My name is Gary Froeschner. I recently purchased a 1976 Montgomery 17. I bought it in St. Paul, MN and towed it to my house in Columbia, MO. It is my first sailboat. I recently completed the first ASA course - Basic Keel Boat Sailing 101. So - I'm new at all of this. I will be sailing the boat primarily at The Lake of the Ozarks in MO, but plan on towing it other places too. The boat needs a fair amount of work. I have a boat load of questions. I hope I can have her ready for next season.
Welcome to the group, Gary. I have M-17 #666, and sail at Lake Perry, Kansas, about 175 miles to your west. You can search on YouTube and find a video of Osprey II. I was a previous owner of AudaSea, and Howard is a great resource for you. Enjoy the cameradie and helpfulness of this forum, you have a couple of months for working on the boat before our prime sailing weather returns. Sailing at the Lake of the Ozarks will be interesting, the twists and turns will make wind direction an important element. You might venture further afield, Lake Stockton is a superb sailing lake, and you would be welcome to our yacht club at Perry for a different perspective. Cheerfully, TH Thomas Howe Mailto:Thomas@ThomasHoweOnline.com O --------(\ ---------- ~ (\ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (\ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Gary Froeschner Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 11:08 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: New owner My name is Gary Froeschner. I recently purchased a 1976 Montgomery 17. I bought it in St. Paul, MN and towed it to my house in Columbia, MO. It is my first sailboat. I recently completed the first ASA course - Basic Keel Boat Sailing 101. So - I'm new at all of this. I will be sailing the boat primarily at The Lake of the Ozarks in MO, but plan on towing it other places too. The boat needs a fair amount of work. I have a boat load of questions. I hope I can have her ready for next season.
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